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Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones

byJames Clear
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5.0 out of 5 starsGet 1% Better Everyday
Reviewed in Australia on 8 December 2018
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“Get 1% better every day”.

I am slightly biased in writing this review because prior to reading the book I already possessed a near religious belief in habits and how they impact our lives. Having read previous habit books like Charles Duhigg Power of Habits and Marshall Goldsmith “triggers”, I felt I was at least relatively intermediate on my knowledge of the topic.

Why did I read the book then? Because learning (or reinforcing learning) about habits is one of the most powerful ways for you to improve in the game of life. Your habits shape your destiny is one of my core beliefs so I am always happy to try to get a new “edge” or ways to improve them. I also
expected to find new gems that would help reinforce the message of why habits are so powerful and I was not disappointed.

But enough of my own habits and life, the question is whether you should read this book? The resounding answer is YES.
Honestly, who doesn’t want to get better at something? Or who doesn't want to stop doing something?

James Clear is a fantastic writer who I have followed his informative articles on a variety of topics for nearly a year. A lot of what is in the book is material he has written about on his website as other reviewers have stated but he puts it together in a very neat format for the book so even his regular readers should get something out of this. I actually took so many notes/highlights from the Kindle edition that I almost reached the publisher limit of 10% - a sign that I believe highly in what I am reading and want to reflect upon it for years to come.

The opening pages of the book lay down a quote I will now repeat forever “if you can get 1% better each day for one year, you’ll end up thirty- seven times better by the time you’re done. Conversely, if you get 1% worse each day for one year, you’ll decline nearly down to zero.” The beginning lays out why habits are so powerful and how habits shape who we are as people before getting into the HOW of starting to build better habits.

The core of the book is based on the author’s “4 Laws” of habit change - Make it obvious, Make it Attractive, Make it Easy, Make it Satisfying”. By following the laws of habit creation we improve our chances of success in creating new habits.

Without droning on too long, I must highly recommend this book. Even if you have no idea about what a habit is or if you are already advanced in the practising of habit change then this book will still teach you so much. If not just a refresher on the topic to keep you motivated. Seriously, anyone of any age could benefit from this book. It gives you the tools to start thinking more clearly about your life and improving it. I would recommend it to anyone over the other habit books I have read (see above) as it is relatively short and provides the “how to” parts on a silver platter.

I will end my post on a few excellent quotes of the book towards the end (Ch.19 ”How to Stay Motivated” as this is the golden question for once you finish the book. A coach was asked by Clear what is the difference between the best athletes and everyone else? The coach said: ‘the factors you might expect: genetics, luck, talent. But then he said something I wasn’t expecting: “At some point it comes down to who can handle the boredom of training every day, doing the same lifts over and over and over.”

“Mastery requires practice. But the more you practice something, the more boring and routine it becomes. Once the beginner gains have been made and we learn what to expect, our interest starts to fade.

It is a fantastic book but the key thing will be can you then translate that into action? The book gives you the best leg up you can get - it’s then up to you to turn knowledge into action and go and get 1% better every darn day.
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R P Slatter
1.0 out of 5 starsGreat book, crap product.
Reviewed in Australia on 8 November 2020
The book is fascinating. Great concepts and easy to read. It gets one star because the quality of the printing is absolute crap. I can barely read some of the letters. Random House is a big publishing name. They've obviously skimped by going to the cheapest possible printing press in the world. There's even a page that has a hand-written number printed on it! This looks like someone got a hold of an original copy of the book and is making cheap, shoddy knock-off editions. Lift your game Amazon.
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R P Slatter
1.0 out of 5 stars Great book, crap product.
Reviewed in Australia on 8 November 2020
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The book is fascinating. Great concepts and easy to read. It gets one star because the quality of the printing is absolute crap. I can barely read some of the letters. Random House is a big publishing name. They've obviously skimped by going to the cheapest possible printing press in the world. There's even a page that has a hand-written number printed on it! This looks like someone got a hold of an original copy of the book and is making cheap, shoddy knock-off editions. Lift your game Amazon.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Great book, crap product.
By R P Slatter on 9 November 2020
The book is fascinating. Great concepts and easy to read. It gets one star because the quality of the printing is absolute crap. I can barely read some of the letters. Random House is a big publishing name. They've obviously skimped by going to the cheapest possible printing press in the world. There's even a page that has a hand-written number printed on it! This looks like someone got a hold of an original copy of the book and is making cheap, shoddy knock-off editions. Lift your game Amazon.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Fake reproduction of book for full price
Reviewed in Australia on 1 November 2020
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Fake copy received from seller "OPUSKART AU"

Bad photocopying, dirty fingerprints inside cover, damaged and peeling cover, fingernail scratches from adhesive removal.

Not new, and not legit.
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Fake copy received from seller "OPUSKART AU"

Bad photocopying, dirty fingerprints inside cover, damaged and peeling cover, fingernail scratches from adhesive removal.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Poor paper and print quality
Reviewed in Australia on 30 October 2020
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My review is not on the book’s content. It is on the quality of the print and paper printed on. I’ve attached several images that show the faded beige paper, several print smudges and print overlays that made me put-off reading this book. I’ll be returning this book for these reasons.
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By Karthik on 31 October 2020
My review is not on the book’s content. It is on the quality of the print and paper printed on. I’ve attached several images that show the faded beige paper, several print smudges and print overlays that made me put-off reading this book. I’ll be returning this book for these reasons.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Shocking Grammar - Incredibly number of typos.
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Message great but very difficult to concentrate due to the incredible volume of typos. There are so many elementary typos and grammatical errors that it's difficult to believe anyone actually proof read it. I could easily add many more example pics, but I'd be here all day uploading them - there are so many!
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Message great but very difficult to concentrate due to the incredible volume of typos. There are so many elementary typos and grammatical errors that it's difficult to believe anyone actually proof read it. I could easily add many more example pics, but I'd be here all day uploading them - there are so many!
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1.0 out of 5 stars Bad printing
Reviewed in Australia on 25 June 2020
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Do not buy this paperback version. It has the worst printing quality. Ink marks everywhere, some pages got too much ink, some got too little ink. And, in the back of the book, it even says:"for sale in the Indian subcontinent only". That may explain why this book is so poor printed.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Incredibly basic
Reviewed in Australia on 26 June 2021
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I doubt even the most barely functioning of adults will find anything in this book new or insightful. The book contains little more than a few obvious observations and ridiculous anecdotes, such as hairdressers being able to tell if someone is pregnant by the feel of thier hair (due to the power of habit).
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This is a review of the seller not the content of the book. This book is poorly printed and looks to have been photocopied from the original version. Do not buy from this seller, the book is counterfeit.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Fake Print??!
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This book is a fake copy?

The printing is off on every page as if it was printed diaganolly. Even the cover page!

I went to my local bookstore and compared. Definitely something fishy...

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1.0 out of 5 stars Crap print quality
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1.0 out of 5 stars Full of simple advices that could only work for linear thinkers
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Common sense advices that got stretched and expanded to a book - saying it loud that the junk food will hurt my health will fix the eating habit, really?
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